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a part taken from a longer work
he'll read an excerpt from the novel at the book signing
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Recent Examples of excerpt
Before throwing flowers into the water, participants read excerpts of Darrow’s opening statement in the Scopes trial.
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
For the tests, researchers fed direct excerpts from actual news articles to the AI models, then asked each model to identify the article's headline, original publisher, publication date, and URL.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
An excerpt from our conversation is later in this newsletter.
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Time is running short for TikTok to find a U.S.-friendly buyer.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The fully staged off-Broadway production features one-off songs, mini-musical revues and excerpts, performed in alternating solos and several ensemble pieces.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
For the tests, researchers fed direct excerpts from actual news articles to the AI models, then asked each model to identify the article's headline, original publisher, publication date, and URL.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
An excerpt from our conversation is later in this newsletter.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Time is running short for TikTok to find a U.S.-friendly buyer.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The fully staged off-Broadway production features one-off songs, mini-musical revues and excerpts, performed in alternating solos and several ensemble pieces.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excerpt
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Each query can be customized — such as adding the state where the taxpayer lives — then cutting-and-pasting only the portions in quotations into the free generative AI chatbot of your choosing.—
Tor Constantino, MBA,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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This book is filled with direct quotations, archival documents and resources that show people saying really awful and challenging things in their own words.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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Inspired by ancient Indian methods of making cement, the scientists then refilled the pores with a mixture of egg whites, rice extract and a curing agent.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Other clean ingredients that invigorate scalp and hair include turmeric oil, Neem seed extract, and Hemisqualane.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
26 Mar. 2025
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This Session The passage of HB 198 came about five weeks after the New Hampshire House passed HB 75, a different bill to legalize the possession of marijuana without authorizing regulated sales of cannabis.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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And how could Moynihan have expected to see racial transformation just eight years after Black people had been granted legal protection from discrimination in education and employment, and just four years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act?—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Oliver also played audio clips of the comments, which Morley’s lawyers have said were intentionally manipulated and played without context.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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On Tuesday, April 1, the 46-year-old British actress and model took to Instagram to celebrate her daughter's big day with a tribute featuring videos and photos of her over the years, and among the images shared was a brief clip of the 70-year-old Die Hard actor snuggling Mabel as a baby.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Concerned about the escalating speed and the recent citation, the trooper stopped her again and arrested her.—
Jamel Valencia,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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On those arguments, Reyes found the DOJ’s citations to be either irrelevant or misinterpreted.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
20 Mar. 2025
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The heartfelt track opens with a home video audio snippet of Uchis’ mother wishing her a good morning as the Colombian crooner serenades someone close to her in her life.—
Chris Malone Mendez,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Despite snippets of dialogue suggesting Nikki hasn’t always been reliable in the past, and meatier scenes acknowledging the emotional toll the situation is taking on her now, the bond never feels informed by complicated feelings, a long history or the possibility of change.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Excerpt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excerpt. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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